But Lotto boss Dermot Griffin was less forthcoming. He said: "With this magnitude of money we want to give the winner the time and space to make contact with us before we identify the area where the ticket was sold."

He said the champagne is on ice at Lotto HQ and they are waiting for the winners to contact them.

He added: "They'll need a bit of advice with this amount of money and we have been through this all before so we'll help them along the way."

The lucky prizewinner was one of two people to share the amazing €187million jackpot. The other ticket was sold in Belgium.

It is the second highest payout won by an Irish person following Dolores McNamara’s €113 million win in 2005.

And they become the fourth Irish person to win a Euromillions jackpot.

The winning numbers were 4, 5, 13, 27, 35 and the lucky stars were 1 and 2.

The jackpot had been rolling over since Friday, June 7.

The seller of the winning ticket will also be celebrating with the news that they are to get a €25,000 bonus.

There were no winners of the EuroMillions Plus draw.

Collins Agency

Previous and biggest ever Euromillions winner Dolores McNamara

In 2005 Limerick woman Dolores McNamara became one of Ireland’s richest people when she scooped €113million in the EuroMillions draw.

The mum-of-six went from a cleaner struggling to make ends meet to a multi-millionaire overnight.

The interest she has accumulated on her €113m win, as a result of a €2 quickpick, has been in the region of €12m.

She bought Lough Derg Hall for €1.7m in 2005.

This latest lottery win comes just one month after a couple scooped €10million.

Carol Loran, 39, and Kevin Geoghegan, 46, from Mullingar had been a couple for just a few short weeks when they got the big news.